He really brought a huge shift to the level of college play for the Wisconsin Universities. Before him there were college "teams" but he in my opinion was responsible for bringing the Wisconsin teams to a higher level of competition and bringing them to the national forefront. I may be wrong but that was my perception as I knew him personally and when I was a part of the Stout club.

Kyle was a part of a group, including myself and a few others that joined the Whitewater club in '04-05 that really took the club and turned it around. Some internal adjustments as well as Kyle's involvement with Stinger really helped us, because it got us a foot in the door and a quality place to play every week. His focus was always more on Stinger than the Whitewater club, but he worked there and that was also his primary team, so it was understandable.

There was something about the '06-07 school year that a whole bunch of Midwest North (WI, MN, UP, IL) teams stepped it up and really brought the teams here to that "national forefront" that you mentioned. Not a coincidence, I believe that was the year the Midwest North was formed, and it gave some structure to a "division" of teams that before had to travel to West Lafeyette (Purdue) and the middle of Illinois to play NCPA tournaments. That wasn't too bad for Whitewater, but teams like Michigan Tech or any of the Minnesota teams didn't make it to many of them, because it was simply too far.

I could go on and on... I played Fall '04 to Spring '09, thankfully getting to quit on the highest note possible by winning Nationals. Regardless, I've witnessed a lot of Midwest college paintball and I'm just glad that those of us that passed through over the last 6-7 years from every university have left the region in much better condition than it was. I remember practices my freshman year that the teams heard we were a college team, and they laughed at us. That wasn't the case in the more recent years...

I know I may be old but my memory is still pretty good. I will be more specific I was refering to out door fields that are still open. Jungle cat was not open when the Edge first opened its doors although John And I did attend the first PTI class in chicago together I think that was 1997 or there abouts. Sams(Gregs) Stalker (Mike and Dianne) Apoc( Dave) were the only outdoor fields Open in the state when the Edge first opened its doors. Daves added an outdoor field in the late 90's.

Thanks

John

John, I think you are mistaken since I have played at Jungle Cats outdoor field all the way back in 94’ and they were open for business years before that time (1991?). Maybe you are confused from when John Simon (Jungle Cats) bought the land in Juneau, WI and moved from the old field location in Helenville to the Juneau location in 96’.

John, I think you are mistaken since I have played at Jungle Cats outdoor field all the way back in 94’ and they were open for business years before that time (1991?). Maybe you are confused from when John Simon (Jungle Cats) bought the land in Juneau, WI and moved from the old field location in Helenville to the Juneau location in 96’.

My name is Eric Ruscheinsky,owner of Brew City Paintball and lasertagtogo.com

We have been a full time online paintball dealer since 2006 (on ebay and our own site). We also offer a mobile lasertag service that specializes in lasertag events/parties through lasertagtogo.com. We use the Tippmann system ans it works fantastic indoor or outdoor.

At the end of July we hope to open up a full service proshop/paintball store ( A REAL PAINTBALL STORE! ) as well as an indoor paintball and lasertag arena in Brookfield WI. We will also have 3 Money Paintball mobile paintball arenas at our disposal for private bookings and team practices. I would love to get involved with your list. Any questions,please contact me at brewcitypaintball@yahoo.com

I remember Tracy. I didn't know him that well but I played with him when the SOB's were short a couple of guys for 10 man at IAO in Pittsburgh one year. I played 2 days of 5 man in the hot humid weather and then 2 more days of 10man in it. I was crawling up the tape and he was back covering me. All I had to do was yell where a guy was and Tracy shot the guy out in seconds.

Tracy is an awesome guy, from what I know he lives in Indiana currently and most of the SOB's like my dad are done with the sport. Jay "swamp rat" and my dad Harry Mattheis work at the Venus Ford right by Mitchell Airport. The rest of the team I haven't heard from in years

Craig Nicolai owns First Strike Paintball games in Chippewa Falls. That field was originally opened in the early 90's as Survival Games LTD. I started playing there in 92 and I know they were open for a few years before that. That same chunk of land is still running strong today. I have played that dirt for 2 decades this year.

Aaron Tholey (now with XSV) opened up his field in River Falls called Vintage Paintball. He is from the twin cities I believe though.

has this thread died, or are you initial intentions from 2010 still ongoing?

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